Nikola Jokic captured the attention and respect of the basketball world last spring as he spearheaded the Denver Nuggets run to their first NBA championship.
Amongst those that Jokic impressed is the logo himself, Jerry West. West gushed over the big man during a recent appearance on the Rich Eisen Show, even comparing him to Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James.
“He’s just amazing,” West said. “He really is… He’s just one of those players that if you watch him play, he’ll score 10 points, and he’ll have 15 or 20 rebounds, 12 assists, but you have to watch him carefully around the basket and some of the shots that he makes… He’s got the greatest pair of hands of any inside player.